Presentation

Finding Your Voice - How to stop worrying and give the talk :

When I was a little rookie software tester, barely half a year into my career, I attended my first testing conference and caught the public speaking bug. I admired the speakers and dreamed of one day also speaking on the same stages. The only problem was that I was absolutely and utterly terrified. What would I even speak about? Would anybody want to listen to my ramblings? And why would I - a shy introvert - even want to do that to myself? But I got over my fears and now I speak at conferences regularly. Do the questions I asked myself sound familiar to you? Do you consider submitting to a conference but don't know where to start? Do you need a little push in the right direction? Then let me tell you about my journey, from clicking the first submit button to my first keynote. I will share how it all happened, which stages where the most fun, and the story of how I absolutely lost my nerve on one for a minute and how that was the best thing that could have happened! Plus, I'll share what I learned along the way, give you a few hints and pointers for becoming a speaker yourself, and tell you why you should absolutely consider giving conference speaking a try. Maybe we'll share a stage one day!